Bernie Ecclestone and
Max Mosley have seemingly cooled the battle brewing between them over the future control of
Formula 1.
The relationship between the pair long-time allies and business associates took a battering following the salacious tabloid revelations about Mosley's private life back in March, with commercial rights supremo Ecclestone stating on a number of occasions that the disgraced FIA President should step down for the good of the sport.
In response, Mosley has accused Ecclestone of trying to wrest control of the political side of
F1 away from the governing body, with the latter in turn warning his friend to keep out of commercial matters their protracted arguing delaying the signing of a new Concorde Agreement and suggesting that a breakaway grand prix series, removed from the
FIA's control, was far from an impossibility.
However, Mosley yesterday (Thursday) called on the ten teams within the top flight to help come up with new rules to constitute the document that governs Formula 1's technical and commercial regulations giving them a three-month deadline to do so and Ecclestone seems to be in favour of the move, designed to radically cut costs within the sport [see separate story
click here].
The bottom line is simple, Ecclestone told
The Times, affirming that a truce has indeed been struck, however easy or uneasy that may be. We have moved to patch up our differences.
I am happy that the FIA has taken the initiative to allow the teams to write the regulations. They will be able to control their expenditure.
What Max put in the letter is correct it's a little cranky that it takes 1,000 people to put two cars on the grid.
A spokesman for Mosley added: It is a very interesting moment in the trajectory of this story.
